Poetry at The Station Bistro presents the works of Duane Niatum and Lorraine Healy on Monday, July 1.
The program is from 7-9 p.m. at the Bistro, 110 Second St. SW, No. 125, one block south of West Main Street, on the east side of the Auburn Transit Center.
Coffee and conversation follow readings. It is an open mic opportunity. The public is invited.
About the poets
Niatum spent his childhood living between Seattle and Port Hadlock. His Klallam/Twana grandfather, Francis Patsy, was an early influence with his many tales of family history and tribal stories.
Niatum’s poems, stories and essays have appeared in over one hundred magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and Europe. His work has been translated into fourteen languages. He has won many awards, including The National Book Award for Songs for the Harvester of Dreams, and was nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize. He was invited to read at The International Poetry Festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and at The Library of Congress.
Niatum’s writing is grounded in the Pacific Northwest landscape and its creatures, birds, animals and plants, along with Klallam stories and characters, and is also influenced by the rich European culture of painting and writing. He is an enrolled member of the Klallam Tribe (Jamestown Band).
He has a Ph. D. in American Studies from the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, and has taught grade school, high school and at several U.S. universities, most recently at Western Washington University.
Healy is a poet, writer, and photographer living on Whidbey Island. The winner of several national awards, including the Hackney Prize, she has been published extensively both in the U.S. and her native Argentina. Her poem, “An Artifact of Light”, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2004 soon after it appeared in her first chapbook, “The Farthest South”, published by New American Press in 2003.
Her first full-length manuscript, “The Habit of Buenos Aires”, has won the Patricia Bibby First Book Award and was published by Tebot Bach Press in 2010.
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Northwest Renaissance, and Auburn Striped Water Poets.
